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The Prime Minister Tony Abbott has a prestigous job to fill after Bronwyn Bishop's resignation as Speaker. She quit following weeks of controversy over her travel expenses. Her travels included last November's $5,000 helicopter flight from Melbourne Airport to a golf course near Geelong for a ...

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that the Speaker Bronwyn Bishop was right to resign. Mr Turnbull says there are some ambiguous areas in the entitlements system but that 'the fundamental principle is often one of common sense.' Mr Turnbull also discussed the Government's project ...

Support appears to be fading in the Liberal Party for Federal Speaker Bronwyn Bishop despite her apology for hiring a helicopter to drop her at a party fundraiser. Mrs Bishop says last year's $5,000 charter flight from Melbourne Airport to Geelong was 'ridiculous' and an 'error of judgment'. ...

Bronwyn Bishop has apologised for controversial travel expense claims, including a $5,000 helicopter flight from Melbourne to Geelong for a political fundraiser. She says there's no excuse for what she did with the helicopter, but she won't bow to public and political pressure to stand down. ...

After weeks of negative publicity about the so-called 'choppergate' scandal and other alleged travel entitlements abuses the Speaker of the Parliament Bronwyn Bishop has apologised to Australians. But she says won't be resigning. The Speaker has told broadcaster Alan Jones there was no ...